The Young Romantic

A Romantic Engagement...Without Love!!!The idea of marrying her childhood sweetheartappealed to Melanie's romantic nature. She gave up her career in the big city to become engaged to Robin and remain in the Hampshire meadows where they first shared the sweetness of youthful affections.But time stood still for the boy back home. While the passing years made a woman of Melanie, they did little for Robin. His flights of fancy now seemed to her more like petty self-indulgences; his concern for her whereabouts seemed like a childish attempt to control her. She wondered about his inability to free himself from his mother's apron strings. To complicate her plans even futher, a handsome stranger appeared...and suddenly, for the first time in her life, Melanie found herself falling in love!